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[groff] 21/35: doc/meref.me.in: Fix content nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 21/35: doc/meref.me.in: Fix content nits.
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:15:56 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 76d184cd186c1e4152712027ceffd9d5aa18cdb0
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 21 01:38:00 2022 +1100

    doc/meref.me.in: Fix content nits.
    
    * Establish on the first page the package's convention of suppressing
      vertical spacing before any text at the top of a page.
    * Drop references to displays, long quotations, and tables being
      single-spaced.  They are not distinct from any other text me(7)
      renders (with the default configuration) in this respect.
---
 doc/meref.me.in | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/meref.me.in b/doc/meref.me.in
index bd7eb2a0..bcf68aa0 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me.in
+++ b/doc/meref.me.in
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ that affect the layout of the page
 (notably page length and vertical margins)
 should be done before calling
 any paragraphing or sectioning macros.
+Normally,
+vertical spacing is suppressed at the top of a page
+if no text has yet appeared
+(page headings notwithstanding).
 .pp
 \*G measures distances
 in device-specific basic units,
@@ -705,7 +709,6 @@ Text until
 is set in font
 .NR (df
 [0]
-and single-spaced
 with filling disabled.
 If
 .i A
@@ -744,8 +747,7 @@ End list.
 Begin long quotation.
 Text until
 .b .)q
-is single-spaced,
-filled,
+is filled,
 indented on the left and right
 by
 .NR (qi
@@ -800,6 +802,8 @@ are as in
 .b .)b
 .DE
 End block.
+.br
+.ne 3v
 .TL
 .b .(z
 .i A
@@ -1268,8 +1272,7 @@ above and below it.
 Begin (start)
 .i \%@g@tbl (1)
 table.
-Tables are single-spaced
-and preceded and followed by
+Tables are preceded and followed by
 .NR (bs
 of space.
 If you have a large table



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